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Santa goes to War

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:35 pm
by Theblackdog
Some old photos from around Christmastime. All of this stuff is still in one piece and will be used, probably, whenever I hold my next forum battle.

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Santa's army assembles around some Manly Santa Day trees and a giant Santa statue. You can see the fighter (which you've all seen before), two VTOLs, a jet powered attack sleigh, and Rudolph, who is carrying a Medik and Mechanik. The sleigh is Santa's personal transport, but right now he's standing guard by one of the trees.

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Better view from above. The left hand VTOL has two antipersonnel burst cannon in independent turrets, while the right hand one has a trio of fire-linked mk. II guns for use against vehicles. The sleigh has a forward firing burst cannon and minigun, but is faster and more heavily armored than the VTOLs.

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Side view. Although the Santa statue seems to have become a casualty of enemy fire, that's all part of the plan; he's a decoy designed to draw fire away from the real Santa. You can also see the two soldiers jumping from the rear bay of the fighter. In all there are 8 minifig troopers, plus Santa, the medik and mechanik, and all of the pilots.

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:36 pm
by Olothontor
... Yes. Just, simply, yes.

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:42 pm
by OneEye589
Those VTOLs are great. I like the unique design of them.

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:22 pm
by Theblackdog
They look good but up close there's some problems, especially with structural stability. Some of the pieces have to bend a little to fit.

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:47 am
by Bragallot
Great. You should get him some elves for cannon fodder :)

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:22 pm
by briknerd7
nice, for some reason it makes me think of the power ranger

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:45 pm
by Pvt Expendable
nice, but i didnt see santa himself,... so does h just send the elves or what?

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:32 am
by Theblackdog
He's standing on the baseplate of the LEGO Manly Santa Day tree, near the front of the column, holding a bazooka. He's not immediately recognizable, because in all three shots most of his beard is obscured by some part of the bazooka. Look in the bottom left corner of the first picture.

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:59 pm
by Pvt Expendable
didnt recognize him with the bazooka,... my bad

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 3:33 am
by Warhead
Great ideas Blackdog, very nice models too.